Just a Picture Post

We just had family pictures made for the first time ever!!! I'm so excited! Thanks to some great creativity, pinterest, Dar Dar's yard, and Becca's awesome camera we got some really good shots a couple weeks ago. So here they are... the first Harkins Family Pictures!!! 

My handsome boys

All of us

Fun pic!

Pumpkins!

Sneaky Kids

Labor Day Weekend

Hello All! Apparently I have been following the trend of everyone else which involves being Instagram crazy and not blogging at all! Oh well, here's for trying to blog again! We had a great Labor Day weekend. We kicked it off in Birmingham friday night with Jed (a.k.a. Shed), Becca, and Baby Taylor at the Cheesecake Factory. It was so yummy and so much fun! It was really late and I was exhausted getting home though. I'm so old, and I know it!

Yes, It's red velvet cheesecake!!! Yuuummmmooo!!! :) 

Becca stealing Baby Taylor's juice!

Saturday was our lazy day. I got to craft all day! It was wonderful!!! I made a couple burlap footballs. An Alabama for Dad, and a reversible Alabama/Georgia one for us. I love it! I also decorated for fall and made some fall pillow and cushions for my front porch. We watched some Georgia football then got ready and headed over to Shannon and LeAnne's for a Labor Day cookout. It was a blast. I got to play on the swing set with my kids, then Lizzy, Rebecca, Andrea, and Jacklyn decided to be kids with me and played on the swing set and trampoline. I honestly cannot remember the last time I jumped on the trampoline before that and it was SOOO MUCH FUN!!! I'm ready to go back to Carleigh's to play!

The Bama one

Go Dawgs!

My porch cushions and an adorable little boy!

Monday I did the craziest, funnest, and stupidest thing I've probably ever done. I have been training to run the Color Run in Birmingham, and we went and did it! It was a blast!!! However, due to the horrible pouring down monsoon weather that day we got to run the 5K in the rain with color being thrown on us! I figured we would all have pneumonia by now, but thankfully we have survived! I can't wait until it comes back again!!! Hopefully it won't be raining next time. 

This was when we got in the park.. notice the rain... it didn't let up!

Our after colorful wonderness!

My War Paint picture! Finished in under 40 minutes! :)

And these are just random pictures:

Me and J man waiting in line to drop him off for school

My Silly Little Boys!

Hope you all had a great Labor Day too!

Jameson Goes To School

Jameson started Pre-K this morning at Albertville Primary School! He was so excited, but a little nervous. I hope after today he will be good though. He went right to his cubbie and put his things up and hung his backpack on his hook. Thank goodness he has the OCD clean and organizing gene from his Momma! :) So I'm sitting here praying and crossing my fingers that he will make it through the day and will be happy to go back tomorrow! 

My Little Pre-K'er

Wanting me to leave so he could talk to the girl named Olivia... I think he wanted to ask her why she wasn't a pig! :) Thank you Nick Jr.!

Too busy looking at the other kids to take a picture

Mrs. Denney (one of his teachers) and him going through the morning procedures

Baby You're A Firework

The Boys Before Church on the 4th of July

Happy late 4th of July to everyone!!! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday! I ended up having a 5 day weekend. Unfortunately, the family I work for had a horrible tragedy and ended up closing the office for the rest of the week. It was a whirlwind of things to do, but I did get to spend some great time with the boys. On the Fourth, Jed and Becca had us over and they grilled out and made some homemade ice cream. It was delic! Baby Taylor mainly slept, but the boys were entertained by Elmo and the 10,000 toys that Joey brought over! :) Jed and James went fishing and I got some cleaning done and some projects accomplished I've been wanting to do. We had church that night, and then after went to Mom's and Dar Dar's to shoot some fireworks. Nothing big, but it was a lot of fun. The boys had a ton of fun throwing those things that make the noise??? have no idea what their called, but they were entertained anyways! 

Baby Taylor at Dar Dar's

Sideways Becca and the Boys!

The only pic I have of the actual fireworks.

Jed on Fire! :)

Joey's (and his demon eyes) with DFJ (a.k.a. Jeff)

Joey and Becca lining up the toys!

Sideways Becca and Joey

 Thursday me and the boys hung out and went to Target where of course the boys got a toy and I got a Starbucks, I mean, that's why you go to Target, right? But it was fun to get out for a bit and that Joey slept the whole way home.. thank you Lord! :) That night we went to Mark and Trish's for a FIESTA! :) They fixed all kinds of yummy mexican food and it was so much fun. The boys played outside and fished and us girl raided Mary's house for all her fabulous craft stuff! Then it started storming and we stayed way too late because we were too scared to get out in it! 

Baby Taylor at Mark and Trish's! Look at them fat little cheeks! :)

Okay.. sideways storm damage.. that was a massive tree that had fell over.

Friday me and the boys chilled at the house and played then when James got off he wanted to go to Huntsville, so we loaded up and went back to Jones Valley, ate some yummy Five Guys Grill and hit up Dick's sporting goods, Hobby Lobby and Target.. again! :) It was a nice night out. The weather had cooled down a bit so we weren't having a heat stroke! 

Joey being silly shopping

Sweet Jameson

Crazy Jameson and his "Popeye Face"

Jameson at Five Guys Grill.. trying to be good so he can get a prize at Target! :)

Another crazy Joey picture... i have a lot of these!

Saturday James went fishing with Michael and Chase so the boys and me had another day at home chillaxing. I got some sewing done, which was a lot of fun and Joey was so excited about his Mickey shirt and Elmo shirt. I made Jameson a Mickey shirt too, and he informed me that it was "lame, and for babies"! I thought I could cry!!! I mean.. he's 4!!! He's not suppose to be over Mickey Mouse!!! I'm 26 and I'm still not over Mickey Mouse!!!! So, after I got over my little breakdown, he decided he needed a Ben 10 shirt... sounds much easier than it is since their all complicated looking aliens. I finally decided to do him a plumber badge shirt.. if your kids watch it, you'll understand what I'm talking about.. The rest of the weekend was church and a crazy spur of the moment 3rd trip to Huntsville in 4 days just so Jed, James and Michael could eat Wings!!! :( Gag! But at least it was good company! So here are a few more pictures, because I'm picture crazy!!! .....

Before Church in their new outfits I made.

Joey my lame baby who loves his Mickey shirt!

And the best picture of all..even sideways.... Dad and Joey who stripped down and put on my old baby doll's clothes! :)

Just Keep Swimming, Swimming, Swimming!

What do we do? We swim swim swim... 

Yes, now that Dorie is in your head for the rest of the day (You are welcome)....

Getting Ready to Go To Swimming Lessons

Jameson and Bailey started swimming lessons this week and that is all we have done is swim swim swim it feels like. My days have been marathons between working, rushing home, getting J-man, taking him to swim, and then taking him home and going to bed! But he had his first week show last night and he did great. Jumping off the diving board and doing the backstroke. Of course the backstroke is his favorite so he doesn't have to get his face wet... only my child! :) We have one more week and then he should be an official swimmer! He has been having a blast, but I am very ready for this to be over! :) 

Jameson very anxious

Bailey.. a little nervous at that point

After one day in obviously, the hair was an issue.. in the eyes.. everywhere.. and I have been contemplating buzzing it for the summer and letting it grow back out before revival..

Well.. I took the plunge and finally did it.. It's took some getting used to, 

but I definitely prefer the long hair! :) Thank goodness it will grow back!

Right After We Cut It

Getting Ready for His "Show Night"

My view from the pool house.. holding my breath the whole time. I really shouldn't stay and watch!

Although Jameson loves it because he feels like a peach! 

Before leaving for "Show Night"

And what is a post lately without a sideways pic? Jameson is the one in the neon short by the diving board waiting to get started!

Showing off his backstroke!

Since we have spent all our time and energy on this, nothing else has been happening.. however I will leave you with this picture of my little cross dresser son..... Isn't he cute???

I love it! The boy loves shoes, mine, James, Jameson's, his! He even wants to sleep in them!

So, that's all I got. Just remember...... ha ha ha ha ha ha i love to swim when,
when you come just swim swim swim. ;)

Six Years

Yes, it has been six years ago today that the Lord gave me the Holy Ghost! It's hard to believe that it has been that long, but I am so thankful that the Lord was so mindful to give me the Holy Ghost. 

I had this picture of my baptizing on my computer. It's kind of blurry, but I love it because the look on my face reflects completely how I felt. Happy, content and peaceful. So Happy Birthday to me, and here's to many many more!

Avengers Assemble!

Warning, I am beyond exhausted and anything typed in this post should not be held against me! Rambling, saying the same thing ten times, and just complete craziness is very likely to occur! 

But we have had a fun few days. Friday was crazy and getting ready for Jameson's birthday party, but thankfully Mom and Dad took Jameson out to eat and shopping to pick out his present so it was much easier weeding out my flower beds and trying to get our house and yard acceptable for company with just one child, and Saturday was the actual party. The kids had so much fun playing outside and getting people with the water balloons and of course eating Avengers Birthday Cake!!! I was already tired before the party started, so then I was really tired when it was over. We got it cleaned up and got ready for church and then went to Michael and "That Girl's... a.k.a. Andrea's" house. We were there until like 11, so again.. exhaustion!!! 

The B-Day Cake

Jameson in his Captain America undies! He had to match his party down to his underwear! :)

 

On Sunday after church we picked up Susan in Grant and headed to Huntsville to take Jameson to Toys R Us to pick out his bday present! He had a blast... of course! He ended up getting 4 Ultimate Ben 10 Aliens because the 12 that Mom and Dad had gotten him on Friday night obviously were not enough! He wanted Olive Garden for his birthday dinner out, and we weren't upset with that at all.. yum! My child has such good taste! ;) We then went to CVS trying to get wisp toothbrushes, mouthwash, gum, and Listerine strips to get the Olive Garden stank off of us.. I'm sure none of it worked, and then headed to Plevna for Church. Matt was starting revival out there. It was the first time I had ever been, but I really enjoyed it. Turns out I'm related to the entire church.. no surprise there.. hello.. Holman's!, but  church was good and one received the Holy Ghost. It is a long way out there though! Goodness! Josh and Natalie hitched a ride on the way home and we had a lot of fun. Being deliriously tired makes for fun times! 

Jameson has so much fun with Susan!

Of course.. sideways.. stupid blogger!!! - Jameson at Olive Garden chomping on some breadsticks!

Thankfully I was off yesterday for Jameson's actual birthday (and yes.. I am aware that we celebrated all weekend!!! he is ridiculously spoiled.. I'm working on this! ;) )Of course, Jameson's birthday is also Mom's birthday, so we took her out to eat for lunch and spent some time with her then went home and got ready and went to Huntsville to church last night. Jameson was a little upset that he had to go to Church on his birthday, but I told him he would get to see Heidi and that perked him up! :) Church was good again, and another got the Holy Ghost while we were there, so it's been nice seeing two the last two nights! I was a little disappointed because i really thought there were going to be more last night, but I'm hoping for really good news this week! I hope we can make it back out there sometime this week. Yesterday was the opportune time though, not having to work made it easy to get out there in time, but this morning I was really regretting the trip! 

So I think if I can stay awake until 12, I'm going to take a little snooze on my lunch.